NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Sakura 3B

Launch Time
Fri Sep 16, 1988 09:59 UTC

Rocket

H-I UM-129A (9SO)
MHI
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 3,200 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,100 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 9
Rocket Height: 42.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m

Mission Details

Sakura 3B

CS 3b, renamed Sakura 3B was the third generation of japanese communications satellite. He was used for public communications operations and for cooperative operations such as emergency transmissions during disasters and communications with distant Japanese islands. He replaced the earlier CS 2 (Sakura 2) satellites.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,099.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Stats

1988

90th orbital launch attempt

H-I

4th mission
2nd mission of 1988
4th successful mission